program operation new hope will also soon be saying good-bye. for the past four weeks they have been living with and training dogs in danger for being euthanized. the dogs have now reached the end of the training period. today s test day. last day of the cycle. kind of a somber day. you work with them for 30 days and then they get to leigh. graduation day is not a happy day. it s actually sad. i ve seen them cry. it s emotional for them. that s what we want. we want them to build that bond, that relationship. if they can bond with an animal, they bond with their children, their parents, their employers. that s transferrable. he started out with a dog named minion, then assist we d the training of duke. after his handler, keith johnson, was removed from the program. for the past week he has been assigned a dog named folgers. all of these guys have been
training dogs for the canine corps. their main jobs back then, carrying messages through the trenches and giving soldiers comfort. the united states stopped training dogs for military purposes after world war i, but then brought it back during the second world war. a whole new program. this time around the animals went through intense training before they hit the front lines. one dog managed to attack a team of italian soldiers on its own. forcing them to surrender, as the story guess. but man s best friend went to boot camp 72 years ago today. i have a dog. i can think of a few italians i would like it to attack. not any armies, just some particular ones who hang out in the wrong places at the wrong time. we got this great news on jobs, right? the jobless numbers were better. and february retail sales were great. so that s why it started off in the green this morning. and then investors started
it is now time to look at how you can wash your dog and help our troops at the same time. one dirty dog at a time, joining us now is amy nichols, ceo of dog topia. what s special about this month? we wash dogs quite a bit. we are a dog daycare and boarding facility. but once year, all of our locations participate in a charity dog wash. this year all the proceeds are going to support veterans and training dogs, training service dogs to work with them. dogs in the past have been used for equipment, to provide equipment for dogs in desert conditions, local police canaan and search and rescue canine units, right? yes. when we first started in 2005, our main focus was to send care packages overseas, primarily to military work dogs. but now that we re seeing so many veterans coming home, we wanted to switch our focus to supporting dogs that are supporting our veterans. the service dogs that work with them. brian: that s great. this is good therapy. let s take a quick tour of the tubs
right there? yeah, that s it. experts say it is probably a meteor, one person tweeted seriously after that massive meteor in california a few weeks ago the one that hit russia and now this huge one tonight, a little scary. and recently we told you a story of singer and actress lorna luft s passion for training dogs. her non-profit group trains guide dogs for the blind. today she wants to share an update on her health with fans. she said? a statement she had recently undergone surgery for breast cancer and is embarking on a regimen of chemotherapy. she will resume her concert appearances in mid-august. as you may know, lorna luft is the daughter of judy garland. now let s talk late night laughs. jay leno and jimmy fallon, two funny men on late nature and there is reports leno is getting dumped in favor of fallon and
of the zoom room, the only indoor dog-training franchise in the united states. i don t mean to mess that up, jamie, but we have to get to the central question about your training franchise which is that you teach dogs to find lost cell phones and bring their owner a beer. and every we have to figure out [laughter] how you do that and how that becomes part of your business. tell us about that. well, basically, we run a training program, we re the only brick and mortar dog-training franchise in the united states, and we have a variety of different classes, and one of our classes is a retrieving class where we teach dogs to go pick up things like cell phones and beers, and we also do a scent training class where we teach dogs to identify objects by their scent so that you can teach your dog to, basically, pick up your cell phone, your keys, anything that you might want in the house, we teach them to find it with their scent. jenna: you say really your job is about or your business is